Oorlogsschepen en een walvis in een zeestorm, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Title(s)

Oorlogsschepen en een walvis in een zeestorm
Zeestormen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1906-2034

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 1841-2(2)
• Pennington 1275-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Peter Stent (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1665

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 121 mm × width 265 mm

What

• swimming mammals: whale
• storm at sea
• warfare; military affairs (+ sailing-ships)
• sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase Feb-1906

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. VI, p. 238, cat.nr. 1841
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 218, cat.nr. 1275